Combined collar-fastener and necktie-guiding device.



W. BIRDSALL.

COMBINED COLLAR FASTENER AND NEGKTIE GUIDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.17,1913.

Patented Oct. 21, 1916 ii/$220501? 6766a HZJaZZ; (Q 47 71 15 x' diyv {6.222514% 6 a? am MW WILLIAM .BIBDSALL, or EAST enema, iww m OOMBTNED GOLLAfiwFASTEHER AND "NHCW -GUEHG DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentefifiot. 21, 19-13.

Application filed larch 17, 1813. finial No. 7m".

Toalhuhmrt it may concern .Be it known that I, WILLIAM BIRDSALL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Orange, county of Essex, and Sinte of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Collier-Fasteners end Necktie-Guiding De vices, of which the following is declared to he a full, clear, and exact description.

il his invention relates to improvements in combined collar fasteners and necktie guiding devices, and has for its primary object the provision of an article of this kind of simple, cheap, and improved construction, capable of performing the functimes of detachably securing a collar to the neclrhnnd of a shirt, and supporting and guiding the necktie at the back of the collar in such manner as to eliminate any tendency for it to bind, or become wedged in the fold of the collar, or to fall below the some.

Another object is to provide an article of this class, having oollar attaching means associe'ted with an upright tie guiding memboxy-arranged to spread apart the outer members of a turn-down collar, and closedet the top and bottom, but provided with a gap in one of its sides, whereby the tie may be readily insertedor removed from it.

The present invention is in the nature of an improvement upon the invention disslows in my former application for patent on eomhined collar fasteners and necktie gpiiding devices filed by me in the United Eiintes Patent Oflice on the 12th day of Feb- EH3, and given the Serial Number 74:7:9wzl. in. my continued experiments with the various forms of the invention therein illustrated and described, I have discovered that these forms would be improved upon if the guiding device and collar fastener were mnstrncwd of a, single piere of stiff meieriai, for instance motel, and if the top and bottom of the tie guiding loop were permanently closed, a gap being provided on one side of the loop, ihrough which the tie oonld be readily inserted or removed. Moreover, the advantage of having a flat, wide, noel; por'iion for engaging he edges of the roar lnztlmrhole of a collar readily apparent, inasmuch as such construction tends eo hold the tie guiding loop in an upright positirm, and in designing the from illustrating the cml'mdiment of the presvnt invention, 1 have employed a fiat strip or blank folded in e peculiar manner, so as to inner and 4 provide an article having many additional advantages over my prior forms; its construction is clearly set forth in the follow ing grspecification.

he invention is illustrated in the nccom panylng drawing in which- Figure 1, is a perspective view of a turndown collar (partly broken out) and-neck tie, showing the preferred form of the present invention applied thereto; Fig. 2, is va perspective view of a fragment of the 001' lar and tie with the combined collar fastener and guide secured in place on the collar; Fig. 3,, is a rear perspective view of a fragment of a shirt and its neckband with the device secured thereon, the collar being omitted from this view; Fig. 4, is a vertical, cross section through the collar, tie and neckband, showing the device in position for attaching the collar to the neckband, and for guiding the tie in the fold of the collar, and Fig. 5, is afaoe view of a blank from which one of the devices may be constructed In said views, A, designates-otumdown collar of ordinary oonstruction, B, a necktie held in the fold of the collar, and C, the neckband of a shirt 0, (only fragments of the neokband and shirt are illustrated, but their construction is well known).

The combined collar fastener and tie guide is seen at D, and as shown, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, consists of a single piece of material, (preferably metal, although not necessarily so) which, when folded in acoordanoe with the hereinafter described manner, is given the shape olearly shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive.

Referring now to the finished article, it will be seen that it comprises an upright tie guiding loop 10, arranged to stand in the fold of a collarthat is between the band a, thereof, and its outer portion or fold a. Said tie guiding loop 10, is formed with a gap 11, at one side, through which the tie may be readily inserted into the loop, or removed therefrom, and as here shown, said gap is left between two tongues 12, 13, that are bent toward each other from the top and bottom of the upright bar 14, of the tie guiding loop. The bends at the juncture-1 between the tongues '12, 13, and bar 14, are substantially U in term, and sufficient speoo is n'iointaincd between the bar and tongues to admit a tie, and allow it to play freely back and forth therein when'lts ends are drawn in one direction or another. The height of the tie guiding loop should be approximately equal to the width of a necktie at its middle portion, so as to obtain the best results, but slight variations in the height of the loop are immaterial so far as the operation of the device is concerned. \Vhen the loop, or tie guiding member of the device is in. place in the fold of a turndown collar, it maintains the inner and outer collar members in spread condition at the hack, thus facilitating the free movement of the tie in the fold of the collar.

Projecting from the side of the bar 14;, of the loop 10, is a short neck 15, which is adapted to extend through the rear buttonhole a of the collar, (see Figs. 2 and 4) said neck terminating in a U shaped collar fastening device, or hook 16, which is arranged to be hooked under the free lower edge of the neckband C; the neckband of the ordinary shirt being formed with a flap 0, at the back, having a free lower edge and provided with a collar button-hole 0 but with the present form of the invention, it is preferred to pass the tang 17, of the hook 16, under .the lower free edge of the flap c bringing the lower. bend of the. hook 16, against its lower edge. I find that this arrangement of collar .fastenin means, not only is simple,-;but it, is easify applied to the neckband, and perfectly holds the collar in place thereon at the back.

In constructing the form of the invention shown, a blank, which may comprise a strip of stifi material d, preferably metal, (see Fig. 5) is first folded upon itself along the dotted line 0?, the section X, being folded down on the section Y. The two parts 18, of the folded piece are then folded up and back over the part 14, along the dotted lines (1 (which lines are now co-incident with each other) thus forming the U shaped bend at the bottom of the loop member 10; the part 14, constituting the bar of the tie guiding loop, and the parts 13, constituting the lower tongue. The end of the blank indicated by 12, is then folded over the part 1 1, on the dotted line d, to form the inverted U bend and tongue at the top of the loop 10, thus completing the tie guiding portion of the device. -The section 19, of the blank lying under and contiguous with the bar portion 14, is then folded down and back along the dotted line d, to form the U bend or neck 15, and tang 18, of the hook 16; and the end 17, of the blank is then folded down and along the dotted line d, to form the U bend at the bottom of the hook 16, and tang 17, thereof. Obviously, the exact manner of folding up the blank, as above set forth, is not essential in the construction of the device, but it enables the article to be made economically, and of a solid and substantial construction.

In use, the terminal end of the tang 1?, is thrust through the rear button-hole of a collar from the inside of the fold, then is pushed upward until the U bend at its bottom passes through the button-hole, and thereafter the device is pushed downward until the inverted U bend or neck 15, extends through the bntton-hole, thus leaving the entire collar attaching hook on the outer face of the band a, of the collar. The device having been fastened in place upon the collar, the necktie may be inserted through the gap in the tie guiding limp and laid in the fold of the collar. This position of the parts is best seen in Fig. 2. To secure the back of the collar to the shirt, the tang 17 of the collar attaching hook is slipped under the lower loose edge of the neckband. The collar having been buttoned in front, the tie may be freely drawn. back and forth in the fold thereof, the tie guiding loop, supporting and guiding the middle portion of the tie at the back of the coliar and preventing it from working up and beor from falling below its proper position.-

By reason of the flat, wide neck 15, and its engagement w ith the straight button-hole of the collar, any tendency for the tie guiding loop to tilt when the tie is drawn thereloop remains u right and guides the tie perfectly at the ack of the collar.

It is quite possible to construct the tie guiding loop and collar attaching means of separate pieces suitably secured together, and I amaware that other slight changes in the exact form of construction are pos sible without departing from the spirit of this invention; 1 do not, therefore, desire to limit myself to the exact construction shown and described except as may he necessitated by the prior state of the art and by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

combined collar fastener and necktie guiding device, comprising a single strip of stiff material folded upon itself near one end to form a down-turned tongue, and between its ends doubled upon itself, and the doubled portion'folded upon itself to form an upturned tongue extending toward the first named tongue, said tongues having a gap between their terminal ends; the remainder of the strip being folded down and up to form an inverted U shaped neck portion, and a U shaped hook portion, for engage ment with a neckband of a shirt.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a. combined collar fastener and necktie guiding device, comprising a single piece of metal, consisting of an upright portion havl ing an inverted bend at its top, and a through is practically eliminated, but the i 1. As a new article of manufacture, a

coming wedged in the crease of the collar,

companion U bend at its bottom, forming at the bottom of the upright pfiii'iun; sub an open sided tie receiving 100 the strip stantially as and for the purpose specified. being doubled back upon itsel along the outer sides of the lower U bend, and folded VILLIAM B {DE down and up to form an inverted U bend \Vitnesses: near the middle of the upright portion, and CHARLES O. Sunni/ a U bend near the bottom of the U bend ESTHER SUNDEEN. 

